Chapter 1337 Prospects of Commercialization

Zhou Buqi seems to have felt the golf culture here on Hong Kong Island. No wonder many big shots in Hong Kong movies are on golf courses when they appear.

Almost anything can happen here.

Just like Superman, he has continued his father's decades-old habit of going to the golf course at 8 a.m. every day to work out, socialize, hold meetings, and recruit with business partners or corporate executives or executives to be interviewed. Even the nature of picking up girls.

He won't show up at the company until 10 o'clock.

The main reason is that Hong Kong Island is too small, the golf course is next to my home, and it is not too far from the company. All the good land here on the mainland has been used to build buildings, and the golf courses are so remote that I really can’t be bothered to go there.

The next day, Zhou Buqi went to play ball again. However, in order to prevent the other party from arranging Hong Kong stars again, he took Sun Wanran with him.

Sure enough, I met Xu Zishan, the new generation of TVB actress.

Zhou Buqi is relatively plain and has never heard of this person at all. Unexpectedly, after she introduced her as the Miss Hong Kong Champion in 2004, I couldn't help but look at her a few more times. She had a very upright face and figure, and she had a metropolitan look.

However, when you go out, you can't talk blindly.

Zhou Buqi played the ball well and his movements were very non-standard. Xu Zishan came over with a smile and pointed out Mr. Zhou's swing in a charming and enchanting way.

"When it comes to playing basketball, you just do whatever you want. It doesn't matter whether you follow the standards or not."

Zhou Buqi's refusal was obvious.

Xu Zishan chuckled and said, "Mr. Zhou, I came with a mission today."

Zhou Buqi said: "Forget it."

Xu Zishan covered her mouth and laughed, "I wouldn't dare."

Zhou Buqi looked very casual, "It's the Christmas holiday now, go spend the holidays with your friends, don't waste your time on me."

Xu Zishan said angrily: "Mr. Zhou, I have a job."

Zhou Buqi frowned slightly, feeling that she was a bit messy.

Xu Zishan also saw something and quickly explained, "Mr. Zhou, the company asked me to give it to me. It was said that there was a misunderstanding between the company and Jieyu Media before, and they made a misjudgment of the market."

"oh?"

Only then did Zhou Buqi become somewhat interested.

Xu Zishan said softly: "Mr. Xu and Miss Yang went there before, which caused them to misunderstand. Well, this is the Hong Kong government, which is different from the mainland. The common language here is Cantonese. If you want to broadcast "The Voice", "Running Man" and " Programs like "If You Are the One" also need subtitles. This makes them worried. However, in the past few days, the company's program director has focused on these programs and has a new evaluation, which seems to be very promising."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "That's good."

It seems that the follow-up effects of the charity auction are still very obvious, and Superboy's help is also very important. Jieyu Media is not just an entertainment company, but an integral part of domestic investment entering the Hong Kong market under the general situation.

Xu Zishan saw that he was in a good mood, so she tentatively suggested: "Mr. Zhou, I will have a small party at home tonight. Can I invite you?"

"I may not have time."

"There won't be many friends, maybe... maybe none of them will be there."

"I am too busy."

Zhou Buqi sighed and rejected the other party's invitation again.

The Hong Kong government is also outside the country, and it is best to be honest and not cause trouble outside. Moreover, he is also really busy. Shen Xiangyang led the team over at noon, and a person in charge like him would definitely come forward.

After Tsinghua University and Oxford University, Ziweixing will also establish some cooperative relationships in the field of scientific research with the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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For many ambitious scientific research teams, the biggest concern is the lack of commercialization possibilities for the projects they develop. If this possibility does not exist, it will be difficult to gain recognition from investors and ensure continued R\u0026D funding. With the little money given by the school and the government, I can only do some small projects.

Now the opportunity has come, Ziweixing is here!

These are thicker thighs than Superboy.

The five professors, 13 PhD students, and 21 master students in the Multimedia Laboratory are very happy. Superboy's funding is very limited, and more of it is of a public welfare nature.

Ziweixing is different, the future is very bright!

Especially when they heard that Dr. Shen Xiangyang would personally lead the team today, everyone was very excited. Research in the field of computer vision is inseparable from the theoretical foundation laid by Shen Xiangyang. This is a truly world-class scientist.

Before going over, Zhou Buqi had a cup of coffee with Shen Xiangyang and explained the general situation.

The transformation of scientific and technological achievements into marketization is a commercial secret and cannot be disclosed at will.

Professor Tang is older and may not be as motivated. But there are many young doctors and masters in the multimedia laboratory, who are engaged in scientific research.

If Zhou Buqi had pointed out the direction to them early and told them how to rationally use image recognition technology to integrate with marketization, some people would have thought of setting up a separate business.

Traitors cannot be created in the system.

It's best not to say anything.

However, there is no need to hide it from Shen Xiangyang.

Zhou Buqi had to clearly explain the commercial fields in which computer vision technology may be applied in the future, so as to facilitate his judgment in the choice of technical direction, avoid detours, and make research on some topics more targeted.

"Face recognition can be the future direction of mobile phone unlocking." Shen Xiangyang smiled, "You have said many times that I think this design is very good."

Zhou Buqi said: "Not only that, face recognition can be used to exclude irrelevant people for security of important meetings; for example, banks can also use face recognition to confirm the user's identity; for example, community access control is now used How convenient is it to use direct face recognition for access control cards? Even our company’s check-in system can effectively avoid stand-ins by directly swiping your face.”

Shen Xiangyang nodded, "Indeed, there are many fields of application. But to achieve these, the accuracy must be greatly improved. There is still a long way to go."

Zhou Buqi asked: "Which is easier, recognizing faces or recognizing face images in photos?"

"Pictures." Shen Xiangyang explained simply. In fact, he was imparting knowledge to Boss Zhou. "Pictures are static, and faces are dynamic, so processing will be more complicated. Scanning pictures is also easier than scanning faces. ."

Zhou Buqi twitched the corner of his mouth, "That's really a long way to go."

"Yes, the accuracy rate of face recognition in pictures is still difficult to reach 20%." However, Shen Xiangyang is also relatively relaxed, "Nowadays, technology is advancing rapidly, and the concept of neural networks will greatly help computers optimize detailed features. , make analysis. If this new technology matures, face recognition will be particularly simple."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "New technology needs to be developed, but the market can't wait, so we need to act quickly. Design a set of software to help police officers recognize faces in images. It doesn't matter if the accuracy is a little bit different, the software can be continuously updated." . The earlier it can be applied, the more conducive it will be to improving the detection rate."

Shen Xiangyang frowned, "This is not easy. Face image recognition... If you add in the multimedia laboratory's blurred image sharpening processing, the calculation amount will be too much. The national population database is 1.3 billion, even if you first pass the gender and age For simple screening, 300 million to 500 million data needs to be processed each time."

The performance of computers in government agencies is generally very poor. Many computers take ten minutes to boot up, and many of them have not been updated for many years.

Image processing is impossible with this kind of computer.

If it is a newly purchased high-end computer, it may take 5-10 minutes to process a picture, and the amount of data is 300-500 million. How long does this take?

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "What are you afraid of? Apply for more funds and purchase a batch of HPC from HP or Lenovo."

"Ah?" Shen Xiangyang was stunned, "How much does it cost?"

HPC is a supercomputer, which is actually a computing cluster and may be equipped with dozens or hundreds of hosts. An ordinary computer may have two chips, but an HPC may have tens of thousands of chips, and the processing power is in the order of "billions" of times.

Likewise, the prices are quite expensive.

Purchasing the best HP's top HPC may cost US$20 million per machine. There is no need for the police to use the top version, as there is not such a large amount of calculation, but even if they purchase Lenovo's domestically produced low-end version, it may cost 10 million yuan.

The key point is that this thing is very delicate. A separate laboratory-level room needs to be prepared to install these equipment. It requires meticulous maintenance and care, which is simply beyond the ability of ordinary police officers.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Old Shen, you don't understand the system at first sight. There is no way such a sophisticated equipment can be used in a small county. Just give one to each provincial office. All provincial offices have technology. The department will recruit IT elites specifically. Each province will be assigned one. When the following organizations encounter face images that cannot be confirmed, they will report them to the provincial department and hand them over to the technical department for processing. Apply for a sum of 500 million With a funding of RMB 10,000, we can basically complete the nationwide layout.”

Shen Xiangyang heard what he said so clearly, and he basically guessed it, and said with a smile: "Have you done all the research?"

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Well, I consulted with the people at the police station last night and they are very eager. Maybe a team of experts will be organized to investigate your place in a while."

Shen Xiangyang was very happy, "It's good to be able to help solve the case."

Zhou Buqi downplayed, "Where are you now? Next, you have to focus on the medical field."

"Medical care?"

Shen Xiangyang was a little surprised. This is a field that involves life and death, so Ziweixing has always been very cautious in its business in this field.

Zhou Buqi said: "For example, CT films, the lung images of a potential lung cancer patient should be different from those of ordinary people. But the human eye may not be able to see it, so doctors cannot make an accurate diagnosis. I don't know what I said Is that right? That kind of lung imaging should be an uncertain image, and it needs to develop towards certainty through the development of artificial intelligence. If it can be done, it will be a contribution to the contemporary era."

Shen Xiangyang took a deep breath, "The technical direction of clarifying blurry images is very important!"